The Last Supper
“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” Matthew 26:2 · Berean Standard Bible
Jesus tells His disciples plainly: in two days it will be Passover, and He will be handed over to be crucified.
Passover celebrates God rescuing His people from slavery in Egypt. Jesus is about to become the ultimate rescue — the Lamb who sets everyone free.
Jesus speaks to His disciples with calm certainty about what is coming.
Imagine hearing your teacher say this over dinner. Jesus does not flinch. He knows exactly what is ahead, and He walks toward it willingly.
Jesus announces the proximity of Passover (Pascha) and His own paradosis — being 'handed over' to crucifixion — linking the exodus redemption to His atoning death.
The deliberate juxtaposition of Passover with crucifixion establishes Jesus as the ultimate Paschal Lamb, fulfilling the typology of Exodus 12.
Jesus speaks prophetically to His disciples, predicting His imminent betrayal and crucifixion.
Jesus calmly announces His own death with a specificity that stuns — in two days, at Passover, He will be crucified. He walks toward it with full awareness.
1When Jesus had finished saying all these things, He told His disciples,
2“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
3At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
Read all of Matthew 26 — Bread broken. Wine poured. A betrayal predicted. The longest night in history begins around a table.
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